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Billionaire American industrialist Leonard Blavatnik may buy a stake in Russian mobile phone retailer Svyaznoy for $200 million, Russia's business daily Vedomosti reported on Monday, citing a source close to one of the retailer's shareholders.

MUMBAI: US media conglomerate Time Warner has announced that its cable networks TBS and TNT are about to become the first entertainment networks in the US to stream on-air content live across multiple platforms 24/7, including through the networks' websites and a pair of newly created Watch TNT and Watch TBS apps.

In the last 30-plus years, Bob Pittman has helped found MTV, became a successful producer, headed Time Warner's Six Flags theme parks division, ran the Century 21 real estate company, took over AOL in its formative years and was chief operating officer of the merged AOL Time Warner.

Warner Music Group and Universal Music are both excited about Apple's planned streaming service , but Sony Music is apparently hung up on how much it gets paid for songs that are skipped.

The Doors are once again poised to break on through with a first-of-its-kind iPad app, The Doors , available exclusively on the App Store.

Wrapping up a season in which it will finish first in both viewers and the crucial adults 18-49 demographic that advertisers favor, CBS unveiled a fall television schedule Wednesday with four new comedies and two dramas.

The European Commission said Wednesday it approved the acquisition of the Parlophone Label Group by Access Industries Inc.

Google Inc.'s Android unit is set to launch a paid subscription music-streaming service akin to that of Spotify AB as soon as this week, according to people familiar with the matter.

During today's earnings call, it was announced that former Warner Music Group CEO Edgar Bronfman, Jr.

Right Now: Warner Music Meets Profitability, Bieber Robbed, iHeart vs. Pandora, MIDEM Moves, Boomin' Tour Sponsorships, iRadio Stalls, Marley+Hyundai, SoundCloud USA, Soul Train 2014... Imagine: ' Warner Music Group ' and ' profitability ' in the same sentence.

Warner Music Group reported a successful fiscal Q2 for the company, as overall revenue rose 8.3 percent from $623 million to $675 million for the three-month period.

The three buildings at the World Trade Center site have massive vacancies, and with over 5 million square feet of space in the complex on or due to hit the market, landlords are racing to secure tenants at the $14 billion development, Crain's reported.

New York is a media city. We know that. In fact, by any reasonable measure it currently holds the title of the center of the media universe.

Barbara Walters - Time 100 Most Influential People in the World - Red Carpet Outside Arrivals - Time Warner Building - New York City, NY, USA © Laurence Agron / PR Photos ABC News veteran reporter and producer Barbara Walters, 83, will retire from TV journalism in 2014, ABC reported late Sunday.

There is no joy in SoCal baseball fandom, the mighty local teams have struck out.

The music industry has had a dismal decade. When you look at the following chart, you begin to realize that the best days to be in the music business might have been in the 1990s.

The company has reached a licensing deal with the world's largest music label, Universal Music Group, according to people familiar with the situation.

A statue of Christopher Columbus stands atop a monument in Columbus Circle across from Time Warner Center, home to the headquarters of Time Warner Inc.

A series of Forbes Insights profiles of Thought Leaders changing the business landscape: Greg Schwartz, Co-Founder and CEO, UpToa Detroit is making a comeback, though you might not see the seeds of growth and revival from most of the headlines about the city or by walking down many of its streets just yet.

When Liz Kennedy called to tell me I could touch every music industry sale for the past 40 years, I had no idea it would feel this sad.